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J. L. Clark Mfg. Co. – aka Clark of Oshkosh – Oshkosh,
Wisconsin - 1930s finer truck bodies and cabs for Chevrolet – 1926: ALL
SEASON CAB, PAKERS EXPRESS BODY, WIDE STAKE BODY, PLATFORM EXPRESS BODY,
WIDE EXPRESS & STAKE BODY, ETC. 1930- Milk Hauling Body For Chevy Trucks
(another J.L. Clark Mfg.- John L. Clark founder
- was in Rockford Illinois)
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Truck bodies and Cabs for trucks. Ask for their 1-ton body catalog #20, or
their heavy line, catalog #21.
(July 15 1920 CCJ ad pp 284)
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J.L. Clark Manufacturing Company - CLARK-HATFIELD -
Oshkosh, Wisconsin - (1908.1909) - Like many other horsedrawn vehicle
builders, Herbert M. Clark believed that changing the name of his father
J.L.'s Clark Carriage Company to the Clark-Hatfield Automobile Company, and
providing horsepower to his traditional product was sufficient to make It in
the automobile industry. In July of 1908 he announced his plans, having
secured either the necessary capital or engineering expertise from a Mr.
Hatfield in exchange for the hyphenated marque name. Hatfield was Charles
B., Jr. who had produced a Hatfield motorized buggy in Ohio the year
previous. The Clark-Hatfield was a typical highwheeler with two-cylinder 14
hp engine, $650 price tagI' and but one unusual feature; its friction
transmission was mounted ahead of, rather than behind, the car's
two-cylinder engine. This did not work at all well, nor long. Subsequently,
as the J.L. Clark Manufacturing Company, the firm produced truck bodies.
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